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diff --git a/man1/git-update-index.1 b/man1/git-update-index.1 index 4a2d1ce64..22d65c885 100644 --- a/man1/git-update-index.1 +++ b/man1/git-update-index.1 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: git-update-index .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 2023-09-18 +.\" Date: 2023-09-20 .\" Manual: Git Manual -.\" Source: Git 2.42.0.221.gd4a83d07b8 +.\" Source: Git 2.42.0.241.g6bdb5b11d6 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "GIT\-UPDATE\-INDEX" "1" "2023\-09\-18" "Git 2\&.42\&.0\&.221\&.gd4a83d" "Git Manual" +.TH "GIT\-UPDATE\-INDEX" "1" "2023\-09\-20" "Git 2\&.42\&.0\&.241\&.g6bdb5b" "Git Manual" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -200,9 +200,17 @@ Report what is being added and removed from index\&. \-\-index\-version <n> .RS 4 Write the resulting index out in the named on\-disk format version\&. Supported versions are 2, 3 and 4\&. The current default version is 2 or 3, depending on whether extra features are used, such as -\fBgit add \-N\fR\&. +\fBgit add \-N\fR\&. With +\fB\-\-verbose\fR, also report the version the index file uses before and after this command\&. .sp -Version 4 performs a simple pathname compression that reduces index size by 30%\-50% on large repositories, which results in faster load time\&. Version 4 is relatively young (first released in 1\&.8\&.0 in October 2012)\&. Other Git implementations such as JGit and libgit2 may not support it yet\&. +Version 4 performs a simple pathname compression that reduces index size by 30%\-50% on large repositories, which results in faster load time\&. Git supports it since version 1\&.8\&.0, released in October 2012, and support for it was added to libgit2 in 2016 and to JGit in 2020\&. Older versions of this manual page called it "relatively young", but it should be considered mature technology these days\&. +.RE +.PP +\-\-show\-index\-version +.RS 4 +Report the index format version used by the on\-disk index file\&. See +\fB\-\-index\-version\fR +above\&. .RE .PP \-z |